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Networking software maker Novell Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter net income fell as revenue dropped amid customer uncertainty over the company's possible sale.Net income in the three months to July 31 fell to $15.7 million, or 4 cents per share, from $16.7 million, or 5 cents per...

Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it plans to buy privately held ExtendMedia Corp., which makes software to help companies manage and earn money from video delivered to computers, televisions and mobile devices.Financial terms were not disclosed.Cisco, best known for networking routers and...

Some key dates related to 3Par Inc. and its suitors:May 1999: 3Par is founded.Nov. 16, 2007: 3Par goes public. Shares close at $16.64, above the initial offering price of $14 per share.May 4, 2010: 3Par reports a net loss of $3.2 million on revenue of $194.2 million for the most recent fiscal year,...

Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday it is raising its offer for
data-storage maker 3Par Inc. to about $1.69 billion, topping a
revised bid that rival Dell Inc. made public earlier in the
day.HP's new offer is for $27 per share in cash. Earlier, Dell said
3Par had accepted its second offer of...

Chisen Electric Corp. announced that it has signed a series of agreements with local government officials, which provide relocation funding from the government for moving all current production within a year at its oldest...

The European Union announced that it had approved a nearly US $1.5 billion bid by Emerson Electric to acquire British-based Chloride Group plc.
The European Commission said the deal would not significantly impede effective competition...

Darnell’s Power Forum (DPF ’10) has expanded its focus to include the latest developments on GaN power devices, the Smart Grid, Energy Harvesting and Digital Power.
Will enhancement mode GaN transistors (eGaN) replace power MOSFET/IGBTs...

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. said Thursday it is offering store credit in exchange for used video games at nearly 600 of its stores, expanding an online trade-in program that has been in place for about a year.The move follows Wednesday's announcement by Target Corp. that it is launching...

Consumer electronics chain Conn's Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter net income fell by more than two-thirds as the sluggish economy ate into sales, sending shares sharply lower.For the three-month period that ended in late July, Conn's earned $1.7 million, or 7 cents per share. That...

(University of South Florida (USF Health)) The academic science business known as "technology transfer" is more important than ever and the newly re-vamped journal Technology and Innovation -- Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors, makes translational science job No. 1.